Anne-Marie Adiaffi
Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951–1994) was an Ivorian writer who gained fame in 1983 with her novel Une vie hypothéquée (A Mortgaged Life).[1][2]
Born in 1951 in Abengourou, Adiaffi was educated in Côte d'Ivoire schools before studying in Marseille and ultimately in Dakar, where she received a diploma as a bilingual secretary. After first working in a bank, she joined the publishing house Novelles Éditions Africaines in 1983. After her satiric Une vie hypothéquée, she published La ligne brisée (1989) about a man banished from his village after constant bad luck. She died in Abidjan in 1994.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gikandi, Simon (2 September 2003). Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-134-58223-5.
- ^ "Anne-Marie Adiaffi" (in French). University of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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